Century Quote by Julian Barnes

History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.

— Karl Marx

History repeats itself, the first as tragedy, then as farce.

— Karl Marx

“History repeats itself. The first time as tragedy. The second time as farce. The third time as tourist trap.”

— Sarah Vowell

“History is a raw onion sandwich, it just repeats, it burps. We've seen it again and again this year. Same old story, Same old…

— Julian Barnes

History that repeats itself turns to farce. Farce that repeats itself turns to history.

— Jean Baudrillard

“History repeating itself is history's oldest story.”

— Steve Wick

“History does repeat itself, but must it do so so frequently?”

— Gordon G. Chang

“History doesn’t repeat itself, but human nature remains the same.”

— Ken Burns

“History is more of a tragedy than it is a morality tale.”

— christopher hitchens

“When history repeats itself, historians repeat themselves.”

— Tamerlan Kuzgov

“History is not just facts and events. History is also a pain in the heart and we repeat history until we are able to…

— Sue Monk Kidd

“History has a way of repeating itself, but it's up to us to break the cycle.”

— Kirby Larson